Re: Blue-Black Cyanotype & Luster

Judy, Weren't many of the old varnishes alcohol based. I remember reading
about violin varnishes that were basically tears of a gum called
"dragonsblood" dissolved in "spirits of wine".

Jack

> From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
> Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:53:44 -0400 (EDT)
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Blue-Black Cyanotype & Luster
>
> And the only
> thing I'm (virtually) certain of is that Soehnee is -- either plain
> shellac, or shellac with some other stuff. That's also because I came
> across a couple of references to diluting it with alcohol -- and I don't
> know what other varnish alcohol dilutes...
Received on Wed Oct 5 14:22:14 2005